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The Andes are a result of the collision of the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate.
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What plate boundaries form mountains?
Mountains are typically formed at convergent plate boundaries where two tectonic plates collide and one is forced over the other, leading to uplift and deformation of the crust. This collision can create major mountain ranges like the Himalayas or the Andes.
What land-form is forming where the Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian plate collide?
The Himilayan mountains and the Hindu Kush mountains.
How are mountains chains formed?
When two edges of tectonic plates collide (convergent boundary) they can cause a crumpling effect and an upthrust to form mountains. The Himalayas, for instance, were formed when the Indian Plate crashed into the Asian Plate. Convergent boundary also applies to the situation where one plate moves under the other (subduction) this kind of plate boundary can also form mountain chains. An example of this is the Andes mountains.
What does the collision of a continental plate and an oceanic plate produce?
when two plates collide they form trenches.
Which tectonic plates cause the Andes mountains to rise?
The Andes Mountain Range is a result of the Nazca Plate subducting under the South American Plate.
Can rocks from the sea form mountains?
Yes, rocks from the sea can form mountains through the process of plate tectonics. When oceanic plates collide with continental plates, the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate in a process called subduction. This can lead to the formation of mountain ranges such as the Andes in South America.
What mountain range has an oceanic plate and continental plate colliding?
Fold mountains.
What type of mountain ranges form at convergent plate boundaries?
Folded mountain ranges form at convergent plate boundaries where two tectonic plates collide, causing the crust to be compressed and folded. Examples include the Himalayas in Asia and the Andes in South America.
What features form where two continental plate come together?
When continental plates collide they form high mountains.
Where are the Andes mountains located and how do they form?
The Andes Mountains are locaed in South America. The Andes formed during the Cretaceous period (about 138 million to about 65 million years ago) when the Pacific crustal plate began to slowly slide beneath the South American plate, uplifting and folding the sedimentary rocks that comprise the Andes (see Plate Tectonics).
When are mountains most likely to form at convergent boundary?
When two continental plates collide or a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate.
What mountains on the western edge of south America are the?
The Andes Mountains form the 'spine' of South America
